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@JasminHerself @kevinstock12 Your poster game must have been amazing.

@kevinstock12 My dad paid me $10 since 1st grade for any test graded 85 or over and $100 if I completed these thick practice books for writing/math over the summer. I was BALLING OUT at the scholastic fair and honor student as a side effect

My Dad had some interesting parenting ideas. To earn our daily $1 allowance, my brothers and I had to do 100 pushups and 100 sit-ups. On Sunday, we'd get the $7 payout, and then have to put $1 into the collection basket at church. If we acted up, we weren't sent to our rooms for timeout, we were sent into pushup position. "Time in." Before drives, he'd line all 4 of us up in the street to race, a genius idea to wear us out so we'd sit still in the car. I often wonder about the impact of childhood rituals. For example, my chest and abs have always been comparatively overdeveloped (was it the 100 pushups and sit-ups per day?). It makes me wonder what other unconventional rituals parents have their kids do (and potential positive / negative outcomes)?

@LucasBotkin I think I won't comment giving advice either way to someone who can do something much better than I can 😁

Utilizing a safety on your rifle is the lowest skill requirement when it comes to shooting. After the first couple weeks of handling a rifle, it should be subconscious. When eyes leave optic - safety comes on. It’s that simple. The safety only slows you down if you suck.

@MrPitbull07 It smells like shit

@BowTiedTrance I was giving a license plate over the phone once and said N as in November, and the lady was so confused. "I don't know why you're talking about November it's July here, I'm in Eastern Time" and that interaction has stuck with me ever since.

Years ago, I memorized the NATO Phonetic Alphabet because I thought it was the most accurate. Over the phone, even if you're trying to say something like, "N as in 'Night'," it can still be misheard as, "M as in 'Might,'" you know? So I just went with the standard NATO template. I got off the phone this morning with a guy at a business where I needed to give him my email address, so I'm doing the thing, "... Alpha ... Kilo ..." etc. He says, "What branch of the service were you in?" Apparently "no one ever says 'kilo,' that's a dead giveaway." 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@sumitkbehal This is why I don't climb Everest

The funniest scam of the year is Sherpas doing food alteration on Mt. Everest expedition to trigger helicopter evacuation for climbers > charge $50,000 for expedition > make rescue insurance mandatory > add drugs in food of climbers > climbers feel altitude sickness > rescue climbers with choppers > insurer pays bills for rescue service > take commission from aviation company This is literally highest level of financial engineering at the highest point on earth

@erikkuna @SuperclusterHQ @MiopsTrigger @CanonUSA @NASAArtemis Dang

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet. The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy. There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one. That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure. 📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

@ProV1Smile Never tried the am airport beer, I'd swap it with first beer of the bbq. Or, 'a beer I snuck in here.' One time at the end of a long and hot hike I surprised everyone by having in my backpack Ziploc bags with ice and beer in them

Spitballing top 5 beers 1. Free beer 2. First beer of the weekend 3. AM airport beer 4. Campfire beer 5. Shower beer Taking input. Never afraid of constructive criticism.

@ZssBecker You're so right, obviously there are more choices, but you meet a nice traditional foreign beauty with a great family and you're so set.

If your in you 20s and a dude. You should be in Asia/Dubai...and if your a perv eastern europe chasing non liberal women The only reason to be in the US is your parents are old or you want to live in upper class suburbia with your wife & kids Wtf you doing. GTFO out of here

@fadule_ Also Jesus loves you

Life is amazing: -gyms exist -Christopher Nolan movies exist -hot girls outnumber even moderately put-together dudes 2000 to 1 -you and your wife can get drunk at a dimly-lit steakhouse then go home and watch Titanic and smash all night without a condom -you and your friends can hit the gym then smoke a joint at a Coldplay concert -every food item in the world has been hunted and gathered for you (grocery stores) -you could be working 16 hour days in a coal mine in a third world country -you’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion miracle If anyone ever complains in front of you tell them they’re an idiot :)

@Sassafrass_84 I was really confused because I assumed your kid was four

Fun fact that you didn't need to know, but I think it is hilarious now: We were running through the Denver Airport because our flights were delayed from Maine. Our kids had 8 minutes to get to the gate, and I knew it was over for me and the hubby. Threw the keys at her and said... find a hotel when you get to Jacksonville. Here are my car keys. See you on the flip side. Our secondary flight was missed. I came walking up as my kid was talking to the air agent, and she said, ...look, you can deal with me and find a flight for all of us..or you can deal with my mom. (Pointing to me after I ran through the Denver Airport. I was a mess express.) Legit the dude was like oh god no horrified. (I would be too after seeing parents run and just now realizing we aren't making flights until midnight.) He found us a flight 30 minutes later instead of five hours later which they were projecting. My kid got an A in flight services that day along with great customer service. Personally, I think the dude was scared of me and that's ok. Because running through the Denver Airport was enough for me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@itsme_urstruly Sleep. Turns out I didn't have any mental health issues, I was just going through a stressful time in life and not getting enough sleep, and that screwed up whatever chemicals we're getting screwed up

Looking back, is there anything you started doing that lifted your mental health more than you ever expected, to the point you wish you’d figured it out sooner?

@MarcEdelheit I'm a couple chapters into Shadow war and it's off to such a good start! My lunch break just went long because I couldn't put it down

After I finish a book, I always get a little depressed. It sounds strange, I know. Most people would think finishing a novel would feel like crossing the finish line at a marathon. Confetti. Trumpets. Victory lap. But writing the last few weeks of a book is usually a full-on grind. I’m talking 16–24 hour days for two to three weeks straight, living on caffeine, stubbornness, and the occasional reminder to eat something that isn’t coffee. Then suddenly… it’s over. I take a couple of days off to recover, and instead of feeling relaxed, my brain starts whispering, “Shouldn’t you be writing? Shouldn’t you be working?” Apparently authors are terrible at relaxing. I’ve talked to a lot of other writers, and it turns out this feeling is pretty common. We pour everything into these books—time, energy, heart, soul, and a ridiculous amount of stubborn determination—and when it’s done, it feels a little like saying goodbye to friends you’ve been living with for months. Today I felt that after finishing Razor’s Edge. For a little while, I say goodbye to Jaxon Steele. But in a couple of days, another door opens. I’ll be saying hello again to Benulius Stiger as I begin writing The Tiger’s Battle. Such is the way. The story always marches on.

@MarcEdelheit I felt this, not a writer but I know what you mean. It's like there should be a ceremony, a feast,a party, something to drive home the celebration and then take a breath and begin the transition you the next

@Knights_Path Oh you added /dance! Very nice, very nice

Thank you for your feedback! Before and After.

@Knights_Path Where do you need the most help or input currently?

One of the reasons we share our work in progress from development is to listen to player feedback and improve the game. We have listened and adjusted the pose of Sir Rudolf. His stance is now more dominant and upright, with broader shoulders. Many of you also asked about the polish of the armour. Sir Rudolf is one of the knights who truly cares about his appearance and takes the time to keep his armour well polished. Other knights and men at arms may not care as much, and you will see visible damage and wear on them. We are also considering a mechanic that would allow players to repair and polish their own armour. Thank you for caring about our game and taking the time to share your feedback. We truly appreciate it!

@firearmvideos No more mosquito problem that's for sure

If it flies, it dies.

@wolfstrength I'm sorry I don't really understand what you were saying but I hope it works out for you, pun intended 😁

When I started lifting as a teenager, I thought you had to touch the dumbbells together in the middle at the top of a DB bench press or it doesn't count. Eventually I got strong enough to use dumbbells heavy enough to where if I didn't lock out ~directly over the shoulder (glenohumeral) joint, it was impossible to do that, due to the moment arm against the point of rotation amplified by a sufficiently heavy weight. One of the reasons getting stronger is good, even at the expense of optimum targeting or recruitment of a given muscle or whatever, is that, if you can DB bench 180x10 using the mechanics needed to lift heavy weight - locking out over the GH joint instead of pushing together towards the midline - then if you want to, you can go down to 140x10 or whatever, and push them together. The same guy who spends his whole life pushing them together because that more optimally targets the pecs via more horizontal adduction of the humerus, will never get to 140x10. Yes some other guy might get to 140x10 doing it that way, but HE could be doing 165x10 that way if he didn't always do it that way but pushed his max weight up via respecting systemic stress and physics instead of solely focusing on targeting specific muscle groups.

@Brick_Suit How far down do you put the straw when you drink it?

Arnold Palmer check explained. Arnold Palmers are my main drink of choice when dining out. And I notice if they are served correctly. The drink is half lemonade and half unsweetened ice tea. When served there should be a noticeable stratification between the denser lemonade on the bottom (due to the disolved sugar) and the iced tea on the top (less dense due to no sugar). This split is why the drink is also called a "half and half". When the server presents the drink correctly, like in this photo, I take it as a good sign that they have attention to detail and don't worry about my food order as much. Tip automatically goes up for style points too. If however the drink is served all mixed together (due to an improper pour technique), I take it as a cautionary sign, and make sure my order is read back to me correctly. A properly poured Arnold Palmer sets the tone. Bonus: Its also a fun drink to order around children of a certain age because you get to have a mini physics lesson at the table.

@SandyofCthulhu Oh I assumed they were reptiles. Female reptiles are bigger

"in nature the females are ... larger and stronger". Sister this entirely depends on whether the males compete with each other for the females or, in some cases, if they have to fight to defend the group (as with gorillas). If they don't, then females are (sometimes) larger. If they do, then the males outbulk the females by a lot. Examples: Sea Lions male 1000 lbs; female 240 lbs. Lions male 500 lbs; females 350 lbs. Gorillas male 450 lbs; females 200 lbs Norwegian rats male 600 grams; females 400 grams. but in any case, males are usually far more highly decorated. For instance, human males have beards and females do not.

@MrDanielBuck Agree. People too often imagine having kids based on parents people who kinda suck at it. There are highs and lows in life, and the highs your children bring you exceed any other.

Since there's so much out there about how "no child life" is just so great, I want to engage in some counter-programing When my wife and I first decided to have kids, I confess, I was reluctant We could go out to dinner or drinks on a whim, exercise for hours, pursue hobbies, leave the house without effort, travel without kids in tow, pour drinks and talk for hours on end I didn't want to give that freedom up, but it seemed right and proper to have kids, so I did And holy guacamole Batman am I glad that I did 1) Much of that leisure is still achievable. Sure, the moments of long conversations may be shorter and the dates fewer and farther between, but we still talk late into the night (late means 10pm for us now) and manage long walks. I don't think most parents really give all of that up, and if they do, it's probably from insufficient boundaries setting, not anything inherent to kids 2) What you get in return for trimming that leisure is so much greater Take our recent vacation for example. Sure, I didn't get to spend hours sitting poolside with a book and instead chased my children around and spent most of my time keeping them from drowning But the delight of them laughing as they splashed about, watching them play with their cousins and sit with their grandparents, vibrate with excitement for basically 8 days straight... ...That is so much better than anything the "no kids" life can offer. I'll take my own child's giggles over sleeping in any day of the week. Don't listen to the parenting-hate coming from miserable people who would hate their lives whether they had kids or not. Embrace what life should be. Get married, have kids, and leave a legacy behind.